Romani people in Italy

Romani people in Italy
Moira Orfei	Liana Orfei
Total population
	150,000 (ISTAT: 2015)
Regions with significant populations
	Lazio; Lombardy; Piedmont;
Languages
	Italian; Romani (Sinte Romani, Balkan Romani);
Religion
	Roman Catholicism; Cultural Muslims; Romani mythology;

Roma have been living in Italy since the 15th century.^[1] The Sinti, who regard themselves as a subgroup distinct from the Roma, arrived from the north. Other Romani groups migrated from the Balkans and settled in Southern Italy and Central Italy.^[2] From Bosnia and Kosovo, Muslim Roma the so-called Xoraxane came to Italy at the time of the Balkan wars^[3]

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^ Solimene, Marco (2011). "'These Romanians have ruined Italy'. Xoraxané Romá, Romanian Roma and Rome". Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 16 (5): 637–651. doi:10.1080/1354571X.2011.622471. S2CID 144058395 – via ResearchGate.